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Unsurprisingly, last fortnight’s article on scripting didn’t see the end to FIFA’s longest running debate, but all the same I’m going to give it another try! See all previous Xaor’s Corner... Read more

Nothing in FIFA is more culpable for broken controllers than scripting – but does it even exist? See all previous articles here Even though I’ve been writing these articles for well over a year... Read more

This week, I’ve taken some of the more interesting responses to my previous article on assisted controls to continue the discussion, and respond to readers. See all previous articles here Last... Read more

Since FIFA 07, assisted has been the hard to kick crutch which in the end serves nobody. How could FIFA’s assisted be improved to be an asset, rather than one of its greatest foibles? View all... Read more

What should you, and shouldn’t you have control of in FIFA? See all previous articles here Philosophy of Design I’m a strong believer that good gameplay stems from a consistent philosophy about... Read more

In keeping with the top priority theme, I’m switching focus to defensive AI, and arguing why FIFA 14 must not go without improvements to Defensive Intelligence. See all previous articles here I... Read more

For the first article of the post-FIFA 13 era, I’m focusing on what would be my number one priority for FIFA 14: movement physics. See all previous articles here Since I started writing these blogs... Read more

Thoughts on the demo, FIFA 13, and the future See all previous articles here Finally the world has got its hands on FIFA 13, even if the demo release was less than smooth. PC crashes, an unusually... Read more

See all previous articles here This will, presumably, be the last post I make before the discussion swaps to being about FIFA 13. The demo releases in not much over a week, and though I’ve... Read more

See all previous articles here Gamescom has been used by EA to stage the last round of major announcements for FIFA in the last few years, and 2012 was been no different. On Tuesday via Andrew... Read more

See all previous articles here Many in this community will have devoted some time over the last few days to playing the first Pro Evolution Soccer/Winning Eleven demo, which was released across... Read more

See all previous articles here My experiences on Clubs over the last couple of weeks have had me so annoyed at times that I considered using this fortnight’s post to once again rant about its... Read more

Before FIFA 08, FIFA had always been an affair where you control an entire team. This all changed with the addition of Be a Pro, a mode which centered the users focus down to just one player –... Read more

This week myself and Dave are once again joined by Toby Ross, AKA FIFA apologist and superfan Xaor. We learned a lot whilst recording this podcast, not only is manual the ONLY way to play but only... Read more

It’s been a week since I played FIFA 13 for the first time – here are my thoughts See all previous articles here Last Friday I went down to Guildford to get my hands on FIFA 13 for the first... Read more